Age and gender differences in ADL ability were investigated using 568 Japanese partially dependent older people (PD, Mean age=82.2±7.76 years) living in welfare institutions. The subjects were asked about 17 ADL items representing 7 ADL domains by the professional staff working at subjects' institutions. Each item was assessed by a dichotomous scale of "possible" or "impossible". Item proportio...

Australian social policy has embraced what have loosely been termed " Third Way " initiatives over the last few years. The Howard government has announced a tripartate " Social Coalition " of government, business and community sectors as its chosen model for addressing social disadvantage and exclusion. " Mutual obligation " , " social entrepreneurialsm " , " partnerships " and " capacity build...

This paper compares continuity and change in homelessness policy in Ireland, Scotland and Norway with a particular focus on the period of post-crisis austerity measures (2008–2016). The analytical approach draws on institutional theory and the notion of path dependency, which has rarely been applied to comparative homelessness research. The paper compares welfare and housing systems in the thre...

T HANKS for the kind introduction. Much as I hate to begin on a quarrelsome note, I have one reservation with regard to the remarks of the master of ceremonies. She has stated that capitalism creates a group of people who are poor. My reaction is, poor compared to what? As I see things, the poor under capitalism are usually richer than the middle class or even some of the very rich people in al...

The notion of ‘enterprise culture’ emerged in the United Kingdom as a central motif in political thought under Margaret Thatcher's administration. The notion represented a profound shift away from the Keynesian welfare state to a deliberate attempt at cultural restructuring and engineering based upon the neo-liberal model of the entrepreneurial self a shift characterised as a moving from a ‘cul...

South Africa has put in place an extensive system of social grants over the post-apartheid years. It is well known that these grants have important direct impacts on poverty alleviation. However, not much is known about the interactions between these social grants and successful integration of individuals into the labor market. On the basis of little evidence, there is loud speculation in polic...